Abdication of Edward VIII
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:
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Sir Winston Churchill's letters to Lady Churchill, 1936-01 - 1936-03, 1936-09 - 1936-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 2/26
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: Randolph Churchill's campaign in the Ross and Cromarty by-election; Churchill's stay in Morocco, January 1936; the Italian failures in Abyssinia [later Ethiopia] and Churchill's wish that Sir [Joseph] Austen Chamberlain had been made Foreign Secretary instead of [Robert] Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] whom he viewed as a lightweight; the happiness of Diana Sandys [earlier Diana Churchill and Diana Bailey] with Duncan Sandys; a visit to Thami El Glaoui, Pasha of...
Dates:
1936-01 - 1936-03; 1936-09 - 1936-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Speeches: House of Commons: speech notes and source material., 28 Jul 1936 - 10 Dec 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/119A-B
Scope and Contents
Notes for WSC's speeches (28 and 29 July, Secret Defence Deputation to the Prime Minister [Stanley Baldwin]) on the relative strengths of the British and German air forces, the war making capacity of British and German industry, British air training facilities, and German power to bomb British cities.Notes for WSC's speech (5 November) on supporting the League of Nations, collective security, and policy towards Germany and Italy. Published: Complete Speeches VI pp 5800-4.Notes for WSC's...
Dates:
28 Jul 1936 - 10 Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
"The Abdication of King Edward VIII", Dec 1936
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/264/16-26
Scope and Contents
Typescript memorandum by WSC, marked 'secret' on the abdication crisis on subjects including: the attachment between Edward VIII [earlier Prince of Wales, later Duke of Windsor] and Wallis Simpson; Edward VIII's sense of duty; WSC's advice that Wallis Simpson should not go to Balmoral; meetings with Walter Monckton [former Attorney-General to the Prince of Wales] and with Edward VIII at Fort Belvedere [Berkshire]; and the text of a letter from WSC to the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin...
Dates:
Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 10 Dec 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/261/47
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Letter from Philip Guedalla, Hyde Park Street, London W2 to WSC, praising WSC's stand "in the past week" [presumably on the Abdication Crisis].
Dates:
10 Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 16 Dec 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/261/62
Scope and Contents
Letter from Sir Hugh Tudor, St John's Newfoundland [later part of Canada] to WSC, commenting on the international situation, particularly the Germany-Japan "anti-red agreement", the Abdication Crisis and rearmament.
Dates:
16 Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 10 Dec 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/262/49
Scope and Contents
The Declaration of Abdication Bill [printed].
Dates:
10 Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open